Fact Residency: Tianzhuo Chen
Fact Residency: Tianzhuo Chen
Tianzhuo Chen explores the connections between the physical limits of the human body and the potential, through performance, for emotional and spiritual transformation.
In all of his work, Tianzhuo Chen explores the connections between the physical limits of the human body and the potential, through performance, for emotional and spiritual transformation. Deeply influenced by his Tibetan Buddhist beliefs, in the context of his work this liminality manifests as a continuous dialogue between the mortal and the divine, a relationship which is brought to vivid life in the worlds Chen creates. In The Dust the ceremonial instruments used to establish these lines of communication between gods and humans are themselves elevated to protagonists, granted agency in the video work’s disembodied narrative, while in Trance gods and humans exist in the same aesthetic realm, moving to the same rhythm.
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CTM 2021: Gabber Modus Operandi x Rimbawan Gerilya x Siko Setyan – MBELEDOSSS! (EXPLODE!)
Indonesia’s hard dance superstars take an intergalactic trip in this 3D-animated performance from CTM 2021’s Cyberia programme.
This week saw the opening of Cyberia, a a virtual multiplayer environment and exhibition from Berlin’s CTM Festival that allows visitors to explore a digital club space in the form of an avatar. One of the audiovisual works that can be experienced in Cyberia is MBELEDOSSS! (EXPLODE!), a 45-minute 3D-animated video mixtape from Indonesian duo Gabber Modus Operandi, animator Rimbawan Gerilya and choreographer Siko Setyanto.
The full AV mixtape, soundtracked by GMO’s singular brand of hard, fast dance music, tells an intergalactic rave story through an early ’00s video game aesthetic. Here, Fact presents a supercut of the performance, soundtracked by GMO’s track ‘Melayu Boleh Neraka’, which is previously unreleased but features in the full performance.
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